Washington (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner rejected a Democratic proposal to extend government funding for four weeks instead of the two-week bill the House is voting on Tuesday afternoon.

"If there had been a conversation about this ten days ago or two days ago we might have something to talk about," Boehner said.

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Many Senate Democrats have said they would prefer a 30-day extension of government funding because it would give them more time to negotiate a spending measure that would last for the remaining seven months of the fiscal year.

Boehner dismissed a question from CNN asking if the House GOP could accept changes by the Senate, quipping, "If ands and buts were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas."

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